Med-view NUJ Media Game starts today

The 2016 edition of the Med-view NUJ Media Games is expected to kick-off today, Monday 24th of October, at the National Stadium Surulere, Lagos.

The Games, which is also co-sponsored by a soft drink making company, BIG Cola, will see 16 media chapels competing in the football category, while there will equally be competition in scrabble, table-tennis, basketball, among others.

Speaking at a Press Conference and Football Draws for the game in Surulere, Lagos, the Chairman, Nigerian Union of Journalists(NUJ), Lagos State Chapter, Mr. Deji Elumoye, said the event starts on October 24 and ends on October 29, noting that the game is strictly for journalists as the use of mercenaries to prosecute games in this year’s edition will not be allowed.

” This year, the use of mercenaries will be reduced to the barest minimal and a committee has been set up to address this. For now, we have 16 media chapels registered for the game. The match is going to be a five-aside football team and will play 20 minutes in each half,” he said.

Apart from reporting news and events, he said the game was meant to show that journalists can also excel in games, such as this.

While thanking the lead sponsor, Med-view Airline and co-sponsor, BIG Cola for their kind gesture, he promised them that they will get the value for their money through massive publicity of the games.

Executive Director, Business Development, Med-view Airline, Mr. Isiaq Na’Allah, said the company, having sponsored the previous editions, was happy to equally sponsor the 2016 edition, promising to always support the games, whenever his company is called upon to do so.

“We are happy to support this initiative and we thank NUJ for their understanding, because this game ought to have held in September, but that was the peak of our Hajj operation, hence, we pleaded for it to be moved forward to October. So, we are very grateful for the understanding,” he stressed.

The 16 media teams competing  in the games are; Lagos Info, The Nation, The Detective and VoN, competing in Group A, while Group B has The Sun, Vanguard, Champion and New Telegraph,  even as LTV, Correspondent Chapel, New Nigeria and Business Plus occupies Group C, with Group D comprises of Daar Communications, FRCN, Federal Information, and The Source.

The opening ceremony, which is slated for today, would see the Lagos Info playing against The Nation Newspaper.